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this comes as diane fine stein of california promises to introduce legislation. the head of the nra put the blame on violent video games. >> it hasn't worked. diane fine stein had her ban, and columbine occurred. >> hundreds of gun control advocates protested yesterday in new york and other cities. >>> some in congress on sunday on reaching a deal for the white house to avoid reaching the fiscal cliff. the president and congress on christmas vacation. it will be thursday before talks resume to try and prevent the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts from taking effect january the 1st. andrew spencer with the very latest from washington. >> reporter: some republican lawmakers say president wants the country to fall over the cliff. >> we were going over the cliff before. that's what the president wants. >> john boehner failed to get vets in on thursday. that would have raised taxes on people earning more than a million dollars a year. on friday speaker painer and the president left with no deal, each making a parting pitch. >> i asked leaders of congress to work t
this comes as diane fine stein of california promises to introduce legislation. the head of the nra put the blame on violent video games. >> it hasn't worked. diane fine stein had her ban, and columbine occurred. >> hundreds of gun control advocates protested yesterday in new york and other cities. >>> some in congress on sunday on reaching a deal for the white house to avoid reaching the fiscal cliff. the president and congress on christmas vacation. it will be thursday...
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the california department of water resources says there's been a 140% increase in this year's snowpack. >>> here in the bay area it wasn't a white christmas, it was a wet one. we saw heavy rainfall from time to time yesterday throughout the day. at times the rain came down at the rate of .2" an hour and in santa rosa the rain just hasn't stopped in nearly a month. up there in sonoma county, they have gotten 15 inches of rain since november 28th. that's more than a foot of rain in just four weeks. and the threat of more flooding is causing concerns along san fransesquito creek on the peninsula. a new layer of sandbags is on the levee along the creek in east palo alto. there's already been flooding from verbena to daphne way. some homes were evacuated after water seeped through a levee. >> we had to leave everything behind. >> we had a bad christmas so we're ready to move on. >> there is one home that's still vacant because water do into electrical outlets making it too dangerous to occupy. east palo alto is working to fix it including increasing the creek as capacity to carry water. >>
the california department of water resources says there's been a 140% increase in this year's snowpack. >>> here in the bay area it wasn't a white christmas, it was a wet one. we saw heavy rainfall from time to time yesterday throughout the day. at times the rain came down at the rate of .2" an hour and in santa rosa the rain just hasn't stopped in nearly a month. up there in sonoma county, they have gotten 15 inches of rain since november 28th. that's more than a foot of rain in...
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well, gun control has been a hot topic recently in california. and, of course, the shooting in connecticut is reigniting debate. >> and "san francisco examiner" columnist melissa griffin joins us. one legislator is vowing to ban semi-automatic weapons. >> reporter: one would think that semi-automatic weapons are already banned in the state of california but there is this enormous loophole that gun owners and gun sellers have been using. basically in california, what the law focuses on is the quickness with which a person can change ammunition in a gun. so our laws say that if you can depress with your finger a button and change out a magazine of ammunition, very quickly, then that is a semi- automatic weapon and you cannot have that in the state of california. however, people have been getting around this by using what's called a bullet button. and as you can see, there is a small depression that people use a bullet actually or some other implement to press the button to change the ammo. this is just as quick basically as a semi-automatic where y
well, gun control has been a hot topic recently in california. and, of course, the shooting in connecticut is reigniting debate. >> and "san francisco examiner" columnist melissa griffin joins us. one legislator is vowing to ban semi-automatic weapons. >> reporter: one would think that semi-automatic weapons are already banned in the state of california but there is this enormous loophole that gun owners and gun sellers have been using. basically in california, what the...
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there's a group called the california king tide initiative asking for pictures that anybody might take of the high tide. you can find out more about the group on our website, cbssf.com. live in san francisco, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> crews restored power on the bay bridge after the span went dark for the second time in less than two weeks. the caltrans electrician responded to the problem around 7:30 last night. the blackout lasted about 90 minutes the only light that works in the tunnel. thecaltrans blamed it on stormy weather 13 days ago. >>> city leaders in lafayette agreed to a $600,000 contract with c.c. meyers to fix the sinkhole. heavy rains caused the hole on mountain view drive about 15 feet deep, 80 feet long and 40 feet wide. cleaning up and fixing the problem will be a big challenge too. >> they are going to route the stormwater around the -- they are going to put the dam in the creek and route the stormwater around the failed pipe. once they achieve that, they will clear out the creek, establish a streambed on the bottom, then they will bring in a bun. really big pipe, 10-
there's a group called the california king tide initiative asking for pictures that anybody might take of the high tide. you can find out more about the group on our website, cbssf.com. live in san francisco, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> crews restored power on the bay bridge after the span went dark for the second time in less than two weeks. the caltrans electrician responded to the problem around 7:30 last night. the blackout lasted about 90 minutes the only light that works in the...